You
must,
then,
hold
firmly
to
your
abandonment,
without
listening
to
reason
or
to
reflection.
A
great
faith
makes
a
great
abandonment;
you
must
trust
wholly
in
God,
against
hope
believing
in
hope
(Rom.
iv.
18).
Abandonment
is
the
casting
off
of
all
care
of
ourselves,
to
leave
ourselves
to
be
guided
entirely
by
God.
All
Christians
are
exhorted
to
abandonment,
for
it
is
said
to
all,
"
Take
no
thought
for
the
morrow
;
for
your
Heavenly
Father
knoweth
that
ye
have
need
of
all
these
things"
(Matt.
vi.
32,
34).
"In
all
thy
ways
acknowledge
Him,
and
He
shall
direct
thy
paths"
(Prov.
iii.
6).
"Commit
thy
works
unto
the
Lord,
and
thy
thoughts
shall
be
estab-lished
"
(Prov.
xvi.
3).
"
Commit
thy
way
unto
the
Lord
;
trust
also
in
Him
;
and
He
shall
bring
it
to
pass"
(Ps.
xxxvii.
5).
Abandonment,
then,
ought
to
be
an
utter
leaving
of
ourselves,
both
outwardly
and
inwardly,
in
the
hands
of
God,
forgetting
ourselves,
and
thinking
only
of
God.
By.
this
means
the
heart
is
kept
always
free
and
contented.
Practically
it
should
be
a
continual
loss
of
our
